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Lynn Paz T. Dela Cruz, et al. Vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

LYNN PAZ T. DELA CRUZ, FERNANDO SERRANO, NATHANIEL LUGTU, and JANET S. PINEDA, Petitioners, versus SANDIGANBAYAN, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents

G.R. No. 161929 | 2009-12-08

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

The principle of the law of the case is an established rule in this jurisdiction. Thus, when an appellate court passes on a question and remands the case to the lower court for further proceedings, the question there settled becomes the law of the case upon subsequent appeal. The court reviewing the succeeding appeal will not re-litigate the case but instead apply the ruling in the previous appeal. This enables the appellate court to perform its duties satisfactorily and efficiently which would be impossible if a question, once considered and decided by it, were to be litigated anew in the same case and...